Hippolyte claims that the merger would cost millions of tax dollars. Where were his complaints when Rutgers squandered millions of dollars on football while depriving academic programs? Did he complain about the cost of the recent Rutgers reorganization of undergraduate programs during which the administration attempted to wipe out Douglass College, the largest public women’s college in the country?

Hippolyte, a Rutgers professor, claims that Rutgers-Camden is a genuine research university. How much research is done at Rutgers-Camden, or is he referring to Rutgers in general?

Instead of trying to protect Rutgers-Camden turf by belittling Rowan and puffing up Rutgers-Camden, he and his colleagues should work with Rowan to build a major university in South Jersey.